The preferred bidder has been named to build the $1.5 billion Footscray Hospital, in what the Victorian government is calling the largest ever health infrastructure investment in the state.
Billard Leece Partnership and Cox Architecture will lead the design of the hospital, with the Plenary Health consortium to deliver the project. The consortium comprises Plenary Group as sponsor and investor, Sojitz Corporation as investor, Multiplex as the builder and Honeywell and Compass as the facilities and maintenance managers. It will now enter exclusive negotiations with the state government.
The new Footscray Hospital will be built on the corner of Geelong and Ballarat Roads, opposite Victoria University, on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation. It replaces the current hospital on Gordon Street, which opened in 1953.
The hospital will have at least 504 beds and will deliver more outpatient, palliative care and mental health services. Construction will begin immediately upon contract award and the hospital is expected to be completed in 2025.
The government announced its intention to build the hospital in its 2017 budget.
